Thursday, June 12, 2014

US demonstrators demand government aid for adult literacy

The right to education and literacy-That was the main message of those
who gathered in front of Manhattan's city Hall on Tuesday.

Participant are calling on the government to shift focus on Adult
Literacy and help create an educated workforce, where immigrants and minorities
have the same opportunity as others to find a well paying job. Of the over 12.2
million working-age adults in New York, 1.7 million have not completed high
school (or equivalent). This equates to one out of seven adults having
below-basic literacy skills, with the marginalized immigrant population making
up the bulk of those numbers. READ MORE!